The Green Beret Foundation has been around for a number of years and the organization has been taking care of Special Forces Soldiers and their families in times of need. Jennifer Taylor-Paquette is the Chief Executive Officer for the Green […]
Anti-poaching training is being conducted for Tanzanian park and game reserve rangers by members of the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). Members of the U.S. Army’s 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion of the North Carolina National Guard […]
The Special Forces Horse Soldier statue has been moved to the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City. A statue depicting a “Horse Soldier” has a new home at Ground Zero Memorial. The statue depicts a Special Forces […]
SOFWERX – Developing advanced applications for special operators to use on the battlefield. A special business and technology incubator set up by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Read more about SOFWERX below. SOFWERX was created under a Partnership […]
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) – pilot shortage. While it is currently able to conduct a host of operations (MEDEVAC, troop transport, resupply, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance) it is not to the level of capacity needed by the […]
The situation in the Middle East is a mess. Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Iraq are in a full-blown conflict. The Turks just had a military coup and (after initially supporting ISIS) have attacked ISIS (and US sponsored Kurds) [1] in […]
The Crisis Response Unit (CRU-222) of the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) is a special police unit charged with counterterrorism at the national level. This is the specialized police unit that responses to high-profile attacks such as when hostages have […]
Some people are exempt (like Secretary’s of State) but Special Operations people still have to do Cyber Challenge Online Training . . . . The military takes great pride in its ability to protect secrets. It has a robust computer […]
The Afghan Local Police (ALP) was established by U.S. Army Special Forces in 2010 to serve as a locally-based village or community self-defense force. The ALP units are recruited from local communities of key areas where Afghan government influence or […]
Village Stability Operations (VSO) was an attempt by United States special operations forces to establish security, governance, and development in key critical districts in remote areas of Afghanistan. Typically, these districts were in regions of Afghanistan where the Coalition conventional […]
With the re-capture of Ramadi and Fallujah, Iraq it was discovered that there was a lot of humanitarian assistance and reconstruction required. Whether this aid is being delivered effectively is still in doubt. The re-capture of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest […]
Afghanistan’s largest province, located in the southwest of the landlocked country, is the objective of a resurgent Taliban offensive. According to some news reports the Taliban control 11 of the 14 districts in Helmand province. Almost all roads connecting the […]
So . . . the Iraqi forces (might as well say the ‘Golden Division’) will soon capture Mosul – Iraq’s second largest city now controlled by ISIS. So what happens after the capture? We know that the Iraqi forces (spearheaded […]
Recent news reports from major news outlets (New York Times, Washington Post, and others) are reporting that U.S. SOF in Libya is providing direct support to Libyan militia groups fighting the Islamic State. The area of the fighting is in the […]
Hybrid Warfare is a term closely aligned with other terms that attempt to describe the area of conflict between peace and full spectrum warfare. The other terms that are similar include Unconventional Warfare, Political Warfare, Irregular Warfare, Gray Zone, and […]
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